Some Good Dogs

6/17/2025 Where did our ten years go, my graying friend, my love? How unfairly fast the time has come when your body can’t obey your great, great heart. No matter Tip, we were young together and knew what life was all about. Let’s turn back now and build a fire and take a little nap. – Gene Hill, “Idler of March” Gene Hill knew a dog's love. He was an outdoor writer for many years,…
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Lamb Wisdom

6/14/2024 I was out chatting with Junior the other day. He had just gotten help getting unstuck from the fence. Somehow he had managed to get his head completely through a gap down low just off the ground but couldn't get it back out. Though I had been the one to help him and really needed no explanation, he wanted to talk about it. I think he might have been a little embarrassed. Our talk…
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Empathy

6/13/2025 Seems to me that division is the going norm. Is it worse than ever? Is it passed the point of no return? Is it bad? Plenty of people have weighed in on those questions. Note: Though I have been thinking about this a good bit, I have borrowed ideas and words from a Think Biblically Podcast with Sean McDowell and Timothy Muehlhoff. In light of division, I'm thinking about empathy. And sympathy. And compassion.…
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